Author: Gary

Just in case you haven't heard, London has been awarded a regular season match up between two NFL teams during the 2007.The game is likely to be played at the new Wembley and early rumours suggest it could be the New York Giants vs Miami Dolphins.Here is the new website for the game.An announcement about the teams and how to get tickets should be made within the next few weeks.There has been some discussion about players from the Sharks getting together and heading to London to watch the game. If you're interested in principle let me know here or at training and I'll see if there is a way for us to get tickets.As a precaution, I would recommend you register with NFLUK.com - the NFL's british site - as…

Here are the final standings of the 2006 ESFL season:The top four teams qualified for the Final Four tournament, which saw the London Liberty victorious over the Barbarians for the League title.Chichester shared 3rd place honours with the Leicester Eagles.The Thespians had a good year, able to field a team for 4 tournaments and providing a strong finish, which shows promise for next year.

Yesterday, Pete Steel was inducted into the 2006 ESFL Hall of Fame class.Pete received 33% of the votes cast. Ty Metcalfe of Team Voodoo also received 33% of the vote and joins Pete as this year's inductees into the Hall of Fame.The Hall of Fame recognises players, coaches and team officials who have contributed significantly to the ESFL and flag football in the UK. Nominations are provided by ESFL players at the end of each season, followed by player voting on the shortlisted nominees.Pete is the 2nd Chichester player to be awarded the distinction, joining former Sharks QB Nick Watson (2005) in the Hall.Others receiving votes:Alan O'Sullivan (26%), Richard Cleveland (2%), Justin Handley (2%) and Dayle Kirby (2%)

Here is a neat little thing by the NFL to encourage people to keep watching football once their favourite team is eliminated from playoff contention.It asks you a series of questions to determine which of the remaining team matches your preferences.They reckon that I should follow the Indianapolis Colts - but seeing as the Chicago Bears are going all the way, I don't need to jump on anyone elses bandwagon!!How about you? Who's bandwagon are you riding shotgun on?

OK, so my idea of updating you with details of how our league was doing as the season progressed kinda got forgotten. However, its never too late especially as I am...The Smartest Man Alive!!!!Yup, I am this year's Fantasy Football Champion!It was a very close fought league this year, with several tough teams. I started off really badly, 1-3 in my first 4 games before finishing with 10 wins from 12 games, for a 11-5 record (including the post-season). Felix also did well, snatching the division title away from me on the tiebreaker as we both ended the regular season with a 9-5 record. He was less fortunate in the semi-finals, with many of his players seemingly deciding this was the week they would take a long nap, costing him…

Time to start limbering up fellas, the new season is nearly upon us!The first training session back will be the 7th January - at the usual time of 10.30am. If you know of a friend or work colleague that might be interested in playing (or in need of some exercise as a new years resolution) or if you're a new visitor to the site and are interested in playing, the first session back on the 7th would be the ideal starting time.Also, as there are a number of changes likely to occur with the league in 2007, we'll have some information for you on the 7th regarding some changes and developments you'll see at the club in the coming year.

Merry Christmas Thierry - just for you!It may have taken all season but it's finally here - Thespians video footage!It was a good game too - excellent play all round guys. Some good catches and runs from Toby and Luke and the usual high standard of tackling. Thierry watch this game to see where you are doing well - the short game works well for you guys, it will set up the long ball. Sometimes you are forcing the deep pass and that is where you get picked off. And watch that line of scrimmage! QBs are supposed to drop BACK! :-)Well done all Thespians, good game - don't forget to watch the end credits for a message for next year...

For those of you who missed it (Ben!) or those who wouldn't mind watching it again, here are the video highlights of the 2006 ESFL Final between the London Liberty and the Barbarians.Video HighlightsIt's a good game with plenty of scoring, but if anything, watch it for Bob Blacks behind his back pass for a extra point - ridiculous and superb!

A celebrity walks among us! Andy Ifould's dramatic dive for the ball made the back page of both the Chichester and Bognor Observers this week. Shame he never came down with the ball but it does make a nice picture ;-)Accompanying the photograph is a game report of our match against Liberty. Whilst it wasn't exact us at our best, it is good to get some exposure in the local press and they kindly included a link to this website. Hopefully, we'll get some interest from potential new players.(If you are a new visitor, please do get in contact, we'll happily see you on the training field on the 7th January 2007)Rush out and buy your copy today!Have a good Christmas guys

Well done to both teams that took part in the tournaments yesterday. Both teams played some good football over the course of the day, whatever the final results say.For the Sharks we always knew it would be tough going up against the London Liberty in the Final Four semi-final. We've had mixed performances against them over the year and despite never beating them we have run them very close a few times.So it was a shame that we rather quickly found ourselves in a 20-0 hole at halftime. This was despite a couple of good drives from ourselves - but unfortunately we couldn't get the ball in the endzone. Andy came closest with an all out dive on a deep ball (below)We did play much better in the 2nd half,…